The Book of Eli (2010)

[Ryan Scott]

There was a review on this before the crash, which gave away the twist ending, so my review is going to be a bit biased.

This is a post-apocalyptic Odyssey of sorts in which Eli, a man played by Denzel Washington is on a religious quest to carry the last remaining copy of the Bible to some place where it belongs. He travels through a world populated by cannibal thieves and wandering bandits in search of his elusive goal.

The main conflict comes as he encounters a town, trying to rebuild, under the iron rule of a man named Carnegie, played by Gary Oldman. Carnegie is in desperate search for a copy of the Bible as he believes its words hold the key to his continued domination of the people.

It's an interesting story with some timely allusions to the ways in which people view the bible. The story is engaging and I love pretty much everything Gary Oldman does, so I was hooked. For me the experience was different, going through the movie, I knew the ending, which made it a bit more predictable, but it was fun watching and wondering whether I would have guessed the ending before it was revealed.

The acting was decent, the cinematography was really imaginative. The way scenes were shot and lighted was really effective. It also works as a decent allegory or at least something to spur a deeper than usual conversation.

I liked it.

[Meghan Schoonover]

Watched this Sat night...I liked it, too, especially the ending.

[Billie Goodson]

I liked the movie and found the ending really captivating. A little bit ago, I saw it for the second time. Now, I am not sure that all of the movie supports the ending.

[Ian Gentles]

Just watched in today 10th November. I found it a powerfull film with a powerfull message. It is absolutly worth watching.

[Tinker Boyd]

I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. Ending was a surprise and I'm rarely surprised by movies.

[Ian Gentles]

Yes ending was very interesting Tinker, and yes surprised me also.

[Steven Burton]

I actually loved the ending and the changing of the Eli's heart when he realizes that maybe he should be following what the book teaches that he has be entrusted with, is very heart warming to me.

[Jeremy D. Scott]

Just watched it. Good flick. I liked it a lot.

[Rich Schmidt]

Thankfully, no one "spoiled" the ending for me before I saw it. I went back and re-watched several parts of it just to see if it worked... and I think it does. Makes it seem a bit miraculous at times... but then, that's as it should be.

[Paul DeBaufer]

I just saw it today. I remember seeing it in theatres around Christmas 2009 and thought I'd like to see it, but just didn't get to it. Yeah, I liked it. The ending for one character reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode with Burgess Meredith only not quite so sad. I didn't find the ending so surprizing.

[Bob Carabbio]

TO me it was an UTTERLY contrived pathetic excuse to to make just another "Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out" flick full of violence, and mayhem. But if you can get past the silly "Last Bible on earth" concept - and like shoot 'em up- bang, bangs - it's a pretty good movie. Actually nothing but a remake of "Road Warrior" with a slightly different story line.

Not anywhere as good as "Avatar" in 3D (fern gully with blue people), but HEY!! we've got a dollar theater here in Lancaster, TX - so worth the price of admission at least.